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C.j. Polychroniou

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The Global South Is on the Brink of a Disastrous Debt Crisis. Reform Is Urgent.

The coming debt crisis will surpass that of the 1980s and disproportionately impact women, economist Ilene Grabel warns.

15.12.2024 7

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The West Celebrates Assad’s Fall, But What Comes Next May Be Even Worse

11.12.2024 6

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French PM’s Ouster Shows Deep Cracks in Legitimacy of Europe’s Neoliberal Order

The French left and far right joined forces to reject austerity, exposing the hollowing of the political center.

07.12.2024 10

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Defeating Trumpism With a People's Agenda

We should raise walls of resistance as much as we can. More important, though, we should demand from the democratic forces to adopt a socio-economic...

27.11.2024 10

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COP29 Ignores Militarism, Putting Meaningful Climate Deal Out of Reach

Leaders of the world’s top polluting nations skipped COP29, which also failed to address how militarism fuels emissions.

21.11.2024 7

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The One-Word Explanation for Trump's Stunning Victory?

12.11.2024 5

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Neoliberal Fascism Is Now the Dominant Ideology in the United States of America

07.11.2024 8

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Decision 2024: Neoliberal Fascism or Neoliberal Business as Usual?

Trump’s rise the result of the ongoing erosion of the political culture in the U.S. under neoliberalism, which has essentially become the...

03.11.2024 4

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BRICS Is Mounting a Challenge to the US-Led World Order — But for Whom?

The recently concluded 2024 BRICS (an acronym for the combined economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit, hosted by Russian...

25.10.2024 3

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The Great October Revolution: A Nightmare Dressed Like a Daydream?

The legacy of the Russian Revolution obliges, 107 years later, neither celebration nor mourning. Dreams are surely renewable, and a new world is still...

25.10.2024 5

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When Peace Is Not an Option: Israel Has Already Surrendered to Its Worst Self

An interview with Israeli academic, left-wing activist and resister Idan Landau, who has been jailed three times in military prison for refusing to...

07.10.2024 20

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Israel Has Successfully Provoked Iran to Enter War

An interview with Lebanon expert Mireille Rebeiz, who says that "I would like to believe that Lebanon will not turn into a second Gaza," but...

02.10.2024 20

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A Nuclear War in Ukraine Is a Distinct Possibility

An interview with Norwegian political scientist Glenn Diesen.

21.09.2024 9

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Even the National Intelligence Director Admits Government Secrecy Is a Problem

Deception, lies and secrecy — including lies to cover secrecy — characterize authoritarian regimes. However, the politics of lying and official...

11.09.2024 10

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A Note on the 'Lesser of Two Evils' Voting Argument in 2024

10.09.2024 50

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Neoliberal Policies Associated With Reaganomics Actually Started With Carter

Research has long established strong links between neoliberal policies and increasing rates of inequality. Susan George, for instance, argued quite...

02.09.2024 20

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Labor Militancy Is the Only Way to Increase Union Membership

We need to rebuild the labor movement, and that means not going back to the kind of unions that existed in the postwar era. We need unions with a...

31.08.2024 5

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The Profound Implications of the 2024 US Election

This election is indeed unlike any other in modern history because American voters are so polarized that the threat of civil breakdown is real.

24.08.2024 6

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Interest Rate Cuts Now Could Help Workers. But That’s Not Who the Fed Serves.

The Federal Reserve hasn’t changed interest rates since July of last year, after 11 hikes between March 2022 and July 2023 in the hope that higher...

23.08.2024 7

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Defeating the Fascists Is the First Order of Business

20.08.2024 6

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A Note on Noam Chomsky and Climate Collapse

As Noam once said, “if you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope.”

11.08.2024 20

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How to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Inequality

Carbon dividends, public investment, and binding carbon-emissions reductions to commensurate reductions of toxic air pollutants from fossil fuels are...

03.08.2024 5

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Forget Wealth Tax. We Should Abolish Extreme Wealth Altogether

Wealth taxation may sound like a good idea, but can it really address, let alone solve, the problem of inequality?

01.08.2024 40

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With Project 2025 and Agenda 47, the USA’s Coups Come Home to Roost

The authoritarian, dystopian settings that the U.S. created in so many places across the world are being reconceived by ultra-conservative forces...

28.07.2024 10

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French Elections: What the Global Left Should Learn About Defeating the Far-Right

A united left is a formidable opponent that cannot only halt the surge of neo-fascism, but can also offer a positive and inspiring vision for the...

10.07.2024 5

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Neoliberalism Fueled Far Right Win in First Round of France’s Snap Election

President Emmanuel Macron’s risky gamble to call a snap legislative election after his party suffered a humiliating defeat at the European...

03.07.2024 5

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Greece Just Became the First European Country to Impose a 6-Day Workweek

Years of brutal neoliberal capitalism combined with the left’s betrayal have led to widespread political demoralization.

01.07.2024 10

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Ahead of the Debates, What Are the Myths and Realities of Biden’s Economy?

The economy is a top issue for many voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In a lengthy interview ahead of the first presidential debate...

27.06.2024 10

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Rebuilding the Left Is Crucial to Stemming the Surge of Europe’s Far Right

Just over half of the 373 million citizens eligible to vote across the 27 European Union (EU) countries bothered to cast a ballot during the four-day...

11.06.2024 30

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What’s at Stake in the 2024 European Parliament Elections?

An interview with C. J. Polychroniou.

08.06.2024 10

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The Far Right’s Political Power Is Expected to Grow in EU Elections

Every five years, citizens of European Union (EU) governments elect their representatives as members of the European Parliament. With 720 seats up for...

05.06.2024 6

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May Day May Have Been Obliterated from US History, But It’s Legacy Continues

Progressive economic ideas have been on the whole an anathema to the U.S. political establishment and violence against labor militancy has always been...

01.05.2024 30

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Nobody “Earns” a Billion Dollars. We Need a Wealth Tax.

U.S. billionaires have seen their wealth nearly double since the Trump tax cuts took effect in 2017. In the meantime, the planet is getting hotter and...

17.04.2024 5

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Big Oil Ignores Millions of Climate Deaths When Billions in Profit Are at Stake

Human activity in a profit-driven world divided by nation-states and those who have rights and those who don’t is the primary driver of climate...

07.04.2024 10

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The Left Needs a Positive Vision for How Immigration Policy Should Actually Work

Militarized borders — comprising walls, barriers, fences and repressive border policies — have become something of the norm in today’s world,...

09.03.2024 10

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How to Bust the Bankers’ Club

C. J. Polychroniou speaks with progressive economist Gerald Epstein about why alternative banking is possible and urgently needed.

29.02.2024 6

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Why Is the US Producing More Oil and Natural Gas Than Ever Under Biden?

US crude oil production reached an all-time production high in 2023 -- the hottest year on record.

20.02.2024 10

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To Democratize Finance, We Must Take the Banks Away From the Bankers

Our current banking and financial system has transformed politics in favor of the rich, debilitating democratic institutions, destroying the common...

17.02.2024 8

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A Growing Number of Economists Are Joining the Fight to Rein In the Big Banks

The fortunes of the five richest men in the world have “shot up by 114 percent since 2020,” according to a January 2024 Oxfam report on global...

12.02.2024 20

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SEC’s Approval of Bitcoin Markets May Set the Stage for Financial Disaster

Over the past several decades, there have been rapid and fundamental changes in the finance and banking sectors. The banking reforms of the New Deal,...

10.02.2024 10

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2024 Will See Wave of Minimum Wage Hikes — But the Impacts Won’t Be Felt Evenly

On January 1, 2024, the minimum wage increased from coast to coast. Indeed, 22 states and more than 40 cities and counties experienced wage increases...

01.02.2024 4

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The Left Has a Great Story to Share About Alternatives to Capitalism—But Sucks at Telling It

If we are to expect the frustrated and badly battered working-class people to turn their backs on the false promises of the far right and join instead...

22.01.2024 30

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The Only Solution to “Wealth Supremacy” Is a Democratic Economy

The extraction of wealth is a pathology of late capitalism and is defined by the cultural and political processes by which the rich establish...

21.01.2024 30

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COP28 Gave Us Another Agreement Full of Loopholes for Fossil Fuels

The outcome of global climate summits has barely changed since the United Nations held the first Conference of the Parties (COP) in Berlin in 1995....

19.12.2023 10

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Don’t Dismiss Marx. His Critique of Colonialism Is More Relevant Than Ever.

During the last couple of decades, we have been witnessing a resurgence of interest in the thought and work of Karl Marx, author of major...

14.12.2023 60

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Will COP28 End Up as the Greatest Flop in Global Climate Diplomacy Thus Far?

Global climate summits have rarely produced tangible results. More than anything, they have proven to be nothing less than platforms for verbose empty...

09.12.2023 7

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